Any more than 4 IMO is overkill. Don't know why Sony went with 7 on PS3 and they are doing this with XBone. To each their own though. Not really a big deal though. Maybe 5 max if you want to have an add on remote for blu ray but hey. At least this option is there for those that want it.

This is cool, but I thought last Gen with the PS3 having 7 was going to significant, but it wasn't. I know some games will use this but with most online inspired games, I think 8 may be a little too much.

No..not a bad thing..and we know PS4 only supports 4...but this is something that clearly is only viable in a handful of situations and people. I imagine this is .1% feature...that will only get used by 1% of people 1% of the time. Still...its something Sony isn't doing this time around.

Triple screen support in Forza is a .1% feature, but it's a feature I use. I won't use 8 controller feature though.

i think kinect having the ability to have multiple people is more practical. move has been a mediocre experience at best. my son would love the kinect due to its ease of use.

my twins use Kinect right now for Happy Action Theater... them and two others can play together flawlessly and it is awesome. For me, I haven't found much use in Kinect outside of video chat and voice commands. Hopefully, Kinect 2.0 will change that

To me, Move is designed for the casuals (but not all games, only mini and its difficulty of use may confuse/deter them, wii remote is much easier to use as it was pure waggle), not cores and only older kids.

it seems that kinect is also designed for casuals (but lack of buttons may confuse them), not cores and definitely kids of all ages.

Kinect is doing more.

Now with 2.0, maybe they will finally capture the cores, at least somewhat. we'll have to see.

To me, Move is designed for the casuals (but not all games, only mini and its difficulty of use may confuse/deter them, wii remote is much easier to use as it was pure waggle), not cores and only older kids.

it seems that kinect is also designed for casuals (but lack of buttons may confuse them), not cores and definitely kids of all ages.

Kinect is doing more.

Now with 2.0, maybe they will finally capture the cores, at least somewhat. we'll have to see.

I still think at this point, Kinect will be a good modifying bit to games... but as for the sole input device for a core (hate that term) game? Maybe... we will see

I still think at this point, Kinect will be a good modifying bit to games... but as for the sole input device for a core (hate that term) game? Maybe... we will see

people are too quick to change and i feel like MS will not be able to move forward in the core (<lol) dept as much as they wanted to, with the recent announcement.

but i think we're still going to see some awesome stuff on all sorts of games.

i think kinect would truly be effective if a console was completely based off it. yes that means limited sort of games but unique and something that can't be done anywhere else. that would be cool.

the issue is that MS is trying their best to bring that uniqueness to the traditional side and people just won't have any of it. there's really no other way it can even be attempted imo than how MS wanted to do it at first.

there's a lot of potential there that i don't know how will be used.

i would love a console with a kinect-like device as the only controller. I'd pay $200-$300 for that $#@!.

people are too quick to change and i feel like MS will not be able to move forward in the core (<lol) dept as much as they wanted to, with the recent announcement.

but i think we're still going to see some awesome stuff on all sorts of games.

i think kinect would truly be effective if a console was completely based off it. yes that means limited sort of games but unique and something that can't be done anywhere else. that would be cool.

the issue is that MS is trying their best to bring that uniqueness to the traditional side and people just won't have any of it. there's really no other way it can even be attempted imo than how MS wanted to do it at first.

there's a lot of potential there that i don't know how will be used.

i would love a console with a kinect-like device as the only controller. I'd pay $200-$300 for that $#@!.

true.. you'd have to go ALL IN to make it truly magical. Right now, everyone (except nintendo) is treating motion control as a ploy, or a gimmick if you will.

It needs to be balls deep to be taken seriously, and so far, Sony or MS hasn't done that. I think MS TRIED to with the initial policies on XB1, but it was a major, major slap to the "hardcore" and they had to right the ship.

Odd that in this day and age with people clamoring for innovation that a company who tried to advance (maybe for good, or bad) gaming to a different area was slammed. Status quo seems to be good for hardcore guys.

People would definitely appreciate the Kinect more if it were its own console. That's just my opinion. If you see something hot out there that's "different" than what you are used to? You will jump in.

Nintendo did that with the original Wii in a way...it definitely brought a unique experience. Traditionals/hardcores tried it and didn't like it but they gave it a try. I was also very curious in it because I couldn't just do that on my console.

The problem is the traditional gamers. They want things to stay the same. Casuals want the next cool thing. and people that want both, are collateral.

Oh, wait a minute. I never used more than 4 controllers simultaneously on my PS4 and both times I used 4 was so I could get a trophy.

Never Mind - I don't give a rats ass that it only supports 4 controllers. I also don't give a rats ass that the XB1 supports 8.

Really WTF is going to use this, FIFA?

EDIT: Please read the above knowing that it is dripping with Sarcasm. This is a feature that wasn't really used on the PS3 and thus removed and I don't see it being used on the XB1. I questioned the 7 controller support usefulness on PS3 when it was announced and feel that I was right in doing so, now I question the 8 controller support on the XB1.

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